Not exact matches
Their costs for capital, labour, land, energy and other resources are subsidized
such that they generate
huge retained
earnings, much of which is being reinvested in foreign real assets like Canada's oilpatch, says U of T's Dobson.
Turning to investment metrics, multiples at a recent 24x trailing bottom line price to
earnings ratio, may be too high at first glance, according to Seeking Alpha, but
huge presence in the payments market deserves
such a premium.
The fear of a peak
earnings cycle surfaced with this headline and certainly with Apple being
such a
huge component (14.60 % of the Nasdaq 100), its stock price action carries a lot of sway as to the investor sentiment in the tech sector.
When combined with healthy, cash - generating operating results, share repurchases can result in
huge long - term rises in
earnings per share, as evidenced by companies
such as Coca - Cola and The Washington Post.
However, utilities in general tend to have higher payout ratios (they pay higher percentages of their
earnings to shareholders), because most do not undertake significant expansions or
huge new investment
such that it is unnecessary to retain large percentages of their free cash.